Chapter Six

Raven

Shit! I almost got caught! I peered around the corner where the guards are currently keeping watch, to make sure no one trespasses and more importantly that no one gets out, it's considered to be taboo for us to venture out into the world because of what happened to us those years ago but my father is so damn stubborn, no matter how much I tell him to at least send someone just to see how much the world has changed between then and now but he just does not want to let up citing that "we have everything we could possibly need right here Raven, why isn't that enough?" it's obvious isn't it? because I don't want to just go through life simply existing like they seem to have no problem doing, I want to live! I want to try new things! travel! go on adventures! meet my mate for goodness’s sake! Goddess this place is insufferable! and I feel like I'm suffocating and slowly losing my mind.

After so many years in hiding I'm certain that the were world has completely forgotten about our clans existence, we vanished without a trace and our original home destroyed thanks to those hunters, taking that into consideration plus the few of our members that where killed in the attack I'm sure they must think we all more or less met the same fate and it would take a whole lot of patience for those blood drinking demons to still be on the lookout for us after all this time and I know those barbarians do not have that or even a sliver of it.

Back to the matter at hand, escaping!

I exuded a lot of my pheromones in my cabin, mostly in my bedroom, I generally keep to myself when I'm not on duty or with my friends and they all know that I have a thing about having people in my space so once I'm home it's rare for others to come and visit me but you just never know, I got dressed and hid my scent after doing so and turned my lights off, I made my way downstairs and opened my rear window as quietly as I could then peered outside and sniffed the air for the grave yard warriors shift.

I picked up no scents so I hopped out and closed the window slowly once more and turned facing the dark and still forest, I know this forest like I know my center palm, I just need to get far enough from the clan to sue my magic where no one would feel it and get out of here and into the real world!

I flit from the back of one cabin to the next all the way to the edge of the clan, once again I sniff the air for warriors and I can feel my heartbeat begin to accelerate, I’m really about to do this, I’m gonna run away, my determination begins to waver but my wolf speaks up { come on Rave! We can do this! We have to, I want to see the world and look for mate as well, we won’t get caught plus we’d be showing our father and everyone else that there’s nothing to fear out there anymore } she’s right. I was just about to make my final flee, I turned ready to run and spotted two warriors walking past the building I was hidden behind.

I quickly dart back into the shadows and press myself against the walls [ did you see that? ] I heard one ask, shit! < see what? > [ I could have sworn I saw something move just then, let’s check it out ] < come on Pete, we live in the middle of nowhere in the forest, it was probably some critter on the hunt or running for it’s life from the hunter, let’s go I’m tired as fk > [ yeah you’re probably right, lets head back ] thank Goddess for lazy warriors right now.

Once I hear their footsteps recede I take a deep breath, hold it and make a dash from that final building out into the forest, I can clearly see where tree branches are, trees are, tree stumps and everything is even without my wolf vision having magical blood gives me so much more than a normal were-wolf that I sometimes surprise and impress myself, a lot of people find me to be weird because of it, I’ve heard a few conversations behind my back when they thought I wasn’t around but it’s not like I care if they think I’m a freak of nature.

I get to the edge of the clan lands and run towards my hideout where I had hidden a small bag with things I think I’d need out there, I get the bag and put it over my shoulder << take me to the world I once knew let me pass to gain knowledge and truth, take me where I’m meant to be, keep me safe and let it be >> I watch as a portal opens up but before I step through it I watch as people pass by, there are trees there so I guess I’d get out in a wooded area, I take a breath and step through.

Ugh! I feel like I’m being ripped apart from the inside out, I land on the forest floor with and oof and stay there until my body begins to feel like itself again, I stand after a few minutes still feeling very giddy, but I shake it off, I stand in the tree line and look on as the people walk past me totally oblivious to my presence just feet away from them, they all smell human.

I sniff the air again and there’s a very faint scent that caught Violet’s attention I sniff the air again and my eyes follow the big black rolly thing that sped by me just now, I sniff again as I watch it go, it smells like fresh rainfall and Magnolia mmmmm, I wonder what that was, perhaps some type of food?

Okay, first mission, I need to familiarize myself with these things and learn to blend in with them, whatever that delicious scent was, it’s long gone but I’m sure I’d remember it if I come across it again.

I see a lone female walking down, fairly close to the tree lines where I am and I move quickly to grab her and pull her back into the trees, I cover her mouth so she’s unable to scream out loud, she tries to fight but is obviously weaker than I am being human and all.

<< Shhhh shhh shhh, please calm down, I’m a female just like you, I will bring you no harm I swear it I just want to ask you some questions I promise >> she calmed down and stopped fighting. << you promise you won’t scream or run away once I release you right? >> she nodded << okay >> I removed my hand and took a few steps away to show her I meant it when I said I won’t hurt her, I could see she’s still slightly panicked but she doesn’t move to run.

<< Okay, I’ll ask my questions as quickly as possible, so I don’t keep you here for too long >> she nodded once more << what is this place called? >> [[ M-Morocco, T-Tangier Morocco ]] << M-Morocco, T-Tangier Morocco what an odd name okay next question >> [[ no! the name of the country is Morocco and we are currently in Tangier City ]] << ohhhhh I see, okay okay I got ya, next question, what are those things? >> she turns following my finger where I’m pointing [[ vehicles? ]] << vehicles? Okay how do they work? >> [[ are you serious right now? How could you not know what a vehicle is? Are you like sheltered or something? ]] << sheltered? What does that mean? >> she sighed [[ it means you come from a home where your parents don’t let you live or take part in the outside world ]] << YES!!! That’s exactly what I am, that’s why I ran away just now, how did you know? >> [[ wow, I have never met someone like you before, what’s your name? I’m Ebony ]] << wow, this must be destiny >> [[ why do you say that? ]] << because I stood her and watched countless others pass by me and the person I took is called Ebony and I am called Raven >>

The look of surprise is on her face, and she laughs [[ wow! Ebony and Raven! What a wicked combo! Why don’t you come with me! I live close by here! I can help you learn about the world ]] << well okay, but it’d only be for a bit because I have to get back home before they realize I’m gone >> [[ you’re gonna go back? ]] << of course I am, my family would be worried sick, I’ll just keep running away like I am now and learn and go back and come back again >> [[ sounds exhausting but alright, let’s go ]]

We walk a short distance to a very tall building, my neck hurts looking up at it, she holds my hand and tugs me along, we stand close by a silver wall for some reason, then it opens and I jump back [[ it’s okay, it’s okay come on it’s called an elevator ]] I walk in and it closes, she touches buttons and I feel like my stomach is gonna float away << wh-what’s happening? >> [[ we’re going to the floor where I stay that’s all ]]

It opened up once again and we stepped out but this is not the same place I came in, << how did you do that? >> [[ do what? ]] << change the room >> she threw her head backed and laughed, [[ w-we didn’t change the room Raven, we went up into the building to another part of the building ]] I’m so confused but none the less follow after her, her lodging is fantastic! << wow! You have enough room for a village in your lodging Ebony >> she laughed again [[ it’s called a Suite Raven, now come sit here and let me teach you as much as I could as quickly as I could so you could get back home without being caught ]]

…………………… We spent a very long time conversing and I have learned many a thing from Ebony, she showed me a tevelition, a labtop, and gave me cellalla phone which caught my face on it, I freaked out because I thought it took a piece of my soul or something to which Ebony ended up on the floor of her Suite from laughing, I’ve never felt so foolish, she also showed me the different types of vehicles and what different things meant and looked like.

The clan has been missing out on so many things because of my fathers foolishness, medicine that kills pain in a few minutes and you just swallow it and done, fragrances to make us smell sweet and have baths with, I even learned about money and it’s uses, we walked around for a bit and used my cellalla to take pictures of the places and things I saw to show the others when I go back.

<< I thank you Ebony for the knowledge you shared with me tonight >> [[ you’re welcome and don’t forget I saved my number in your phone, use it to call me any time okay? ]] << I will >> she reached out to hug me and I hug her back << ebliss memora >> I release her and stand away from her and watch as she walked back towards her building completely forgetting having met me until the next time we see each other again.

I hurry back through the forest and re-open the portal, I check through it to make sure no one is there before stepping through back into my hideout, once on the other side << dissipate >> once I'm certain it's closed I leave my bag there but take my cell phone and other things Ebony got me and made my way back through the forest to my cabin.

I manage to get home without being caught, I release my breath once I close my cabin window and lock it, I sniff the air inside and it's still only my own which means no one came looking for me, perfect, I went to my room and plopped down on my bed and took out the little trinkets I got as well as my phone, I can't wait to show the others tomorrow.